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How to Minimize Light Forwarder Footprint?

I'm looking for a way to create a minimal light forwarder installation. What can I remove from the standard Splunk de...

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Splunkweb won't start after applying 4.0.11

So I have a lab box where I have applied 4.0.11 to my existing 4.0.10 installation. Ran the upgrade using rpm -U a...

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Error after migration to 4.1.2: Received event for unconfigured/disabled index ...

I have received a few errors from my Light Forwarders on my main Splunk indexer. "received event for unconfigured...

by Communicator in

move Splunk install from one directory to another

On my Unix system: I have installed Splunk to: /opt/splunk/ However, now I'd like to move it to: /opt/splunk/s...

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Can I move a Splunk instance from Solaris 10 to Windows?

We are looking at upgrading to 4.1.x of splunk, which I have the documentation for. However, I've also been asked to ...

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License Question : Enterprise Demo -> Free License -> Enterprise License. : What happens to the Splunk Configurations?

Another License questions, If the Enterprise Demo license got converted to Free license, Then purchase enterprise ...

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Installing Splunk on HP-UX

tried to install splunk on HP-UX and received following error: /opt/instance/splunk/bin/splunk enable boot-start -...

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What does an Enterprise license get me?

Hi, We have support for our product, but I do not have enough information about our license. What we are entitled...

by Communicator in

Vagaries of Splunk Installation process: Is it possible to peek in on it?

I just installed 4.1.1 in the probably vain hope that some of the strange errors since 4.1 install would disappear. T...

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What happens if you run the 4.1 installer on a windows system that has an incomplete 4.1.1 installation?

I installed 4.1.1 this morning and have been unable to complete the installation or start Splunk. What kind of nastin...

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upgrade from 4.0.x to 4.1 in OS X 10.5.8

After upgrading from 4.0.x (I don't exactly remember the version) to 4.1 in OS X 10.5.8 I get the following log /A...

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Is my Splunk 4.1 Indexer fully backwards compatable with older forwarders?

Is Splunk 4.1 (indexer & search) still compatible with 3.4.11 forwarders? Is so are there any features in 4.1 that wo...

by Communicator in

Are some configuration files ignored if they're located in an apps directory?

For example, does Splunk ignore server.conf, distsearch.conf, or any other conf files if they're located in an apps d...

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Why is LDAP no longer working after upgrading to 4.1?

I just upgraded my install to 4.1 and LDAP auth is no longer working. The failsafe user is all I can use. Previous...

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Timestamps in graphs disappeared after 4.1 upgrade

After upgrading to 4.1 no charts display any timestamps on the y axis if the displayed time range exceeds 24 hours. T...

by Motivator in

Where do I extract the pdfserver.tar.gz now that I have downloaded it from Splunkbase

Under Linux Splunk 4.1, I want to install the PDF Report Server and have downloaded the app file from Splunkbase. Whe...

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Advice for migrating to new hardware?

I'm in the process of migrating to new hardware for my indexers. The easiest way to do this would be: Setup new in...

by Communicator in

Index processor wont start after upgrading to 4.1

I just upgraded from 4.0 to 4.1 and am seeing messages that the indexprocessor was not initialized on startup. How ca...

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Search to find hosts sending syslog AND splunkd traffic

Any idea how to create a search that finds hosts that are sending BOTH syslog and splunkd traffic? We'd like to turn ...

by Communicator in

start tail monitoring windows event log upon Splunk install

What should I attach to my install script if I want to start monitoring the event log in "tail" mode. I don't want to...

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How to change Hostname of a splunk server

In my environment we make clones of our linux servers so that we don't have to build out a server from scratch for ev...

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How do you get splunk to work with RHEL AS2.1?

WHen I try to install it gives me a message that GLIBC-2.3 is required but there is no support to get this package fo...

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What time format do I use when setting srchTimeWin (in authorize.conf)?

I'm trying to configure a search Time Window for my Splunk roles. I've read the documentation but can't find instruct...

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Estimating storage requirements on a windows server

In the installation manual it shows how once you have indexed some data by using the "du -shc hot_v*/rawdata" command...

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How to Minimize Light Forwarder Footprint?

Splunkweb won't start after applying 4.0.11

Error after migration to 4.1.2: Received event for unconfigured/disabled index ...

move Splunk install from one directory to another

Can I move a Splunk instance from Solaris 10 to Windows?

License Question : Enterprise Demo -> Free License -> Enterprise License. : What happens to the Splunk Configurations?

Installing Splunk on HP-UX

What does an Enterprise license get me?

Vagaries of Splunk Installation process: Is it possible to peek in on it?

What happens if you run the 4.1 installer on a windows system that has an incomplete 4.1.1 installation?

upgrade from 4.0.x to 4.1 in OS X 10.5.8

Is my Splunk 4.1 Indexer fully backwards compatable with older forwarders?

Are some configuration files ignored if they're located in an apps directory?

Why is LDAP no longer working after upgrading to 4.1?

Timestamps in graphs disappeared after 4.1 upgrade

Where do I extract the pdfserver.tar.gz now that I have downloaded it from Splunkbase

Advice for migrating to new hardware?

Index processor wont start after upgrading to 4.1

Search to find hosts sending syslog AND splunkd traffic

start tail monitoring windows event log upon Splunk install

How to change Hostname of a splunk server

How do you get splunk to work with RHEL AS2.1?

What time format do I use when setting srchTimeWin (in authorize.conf)?

Estimating storage requirements on a windows server

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After migration from Ubuntu to RHEL 9, certificate...